Category: Gaza Siege

UNICEF says Gaza Children “need an immediate ceasefire”; desperation rips apart Gaza’s social fabric; Hamas says no new ceasefire proposal, but stands by previous one; UN experts call on global…

On Thursday, Israeli bombs again rained down on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. A number of Palestinian civilians were killed, the majority of whom were children and women,…

On Tuesday, Day 242 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed, besieged, and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza…

NEW YORK, Tuesday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – The humanitarian crisis in Rafah has reached a critical point, said the head of UN aid agency OCHA’s office in the occupied Palestinian…

GAZA, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Education said that more than 15,000 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza…

Israel has signaled both acceptance and rejection of the ceasefire plan, as Netanyahu’s government hangs in the balance; number of bodies recovered in Jabaliya after Israel military’s departure rises to…

On Monday, Day 241 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed, starved, and besieged coastal enclave Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians,…

More than anything else, the story of Palestine is the story of family. Read these accounts of life (and death) in Gaza from the Electronic Intifada. IsraelPalestineNews Israel kidnapped my…

On Sunday, day 240 of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops continued their bombardment as hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Palestinians, forced out of eastern Rafah, walked…

On Friday, day 238 of Israel’s onslaught on the tiny coastal territory known as the Gaza Strip, a place that is home to 2.4 million Palestinians, Israeli forces continued their…

On Friday, Day 238 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of…

On Thursday, Day 237 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing, shelling, and firing of live rounds, at various parts…

On Thursday, Day 237 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army intensified the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of…

Palestinians in Rafah and across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo, sanctions; another expert identifies genocide at Israel’s hands – while a nurse in…

A number of Palestinian civilians, including two paramedics, were killed Wednesday evening, and other civilians were injured, in a bombing carried out by the Israeli occupation aircraft on the cities…

Elina Valtonen, the Foreign Minister of Finland, has urged Israel to uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and abide by international humanitarian law. Speaking on “X”…

Munir Anastas, the Ambassador of Palestine to UNESCO, strongly denounced Israel’s ongoing actions of stealing valuable artifacts and demolishing cultural heritage sites during its violent conflict in the Gaza Strip.…

New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today condemned the Israeli deadly airstrikes on the tent sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip…

On Monday, Day 234 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, throughout the day until late night hours, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across…

On Monday, Day 234 of the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of…

BRUSSELS, Monday, May 27, 2027 (WAFA) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the decisions of the International Criminal Court must be respected and left to operate…

Amnesty International: May 27, 2024 – Israel/OPT: Israeli air strikes that killed 44 civilians further evidence of war crimes – new investigation – By Amnesty International  Three strikes on al-Maghazi…

The Israeli bombardment and artillery shelling of all parts of Gaza continued unabated throughout the day and night on Sunday, despite an International Court of Justice ruling on Friday ordering…

Since May 12, Israeli military forces have been engaged in a wide-scale military operation in the Jabaliya camp, in northern Gaza, during which Israeli soldiers have destroyed numerous Palestinian homes…

Israeli forces continued to pound Palestinian civilians in southern, central and northern Gaza with aerial bombardment, drone strikes and artillery shelling throughout the day and evening on Saturday. Medical sources…

NEW YORK, Friday, May 24, 2024 (WAFA) – UNICEF warned that oxygen generators at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Der al-Balah city in the central blockaded Gaza Strip would shut down.…

On Friday, Day 231 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in various parts of the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more,…

Int’l Court of Justice orders Israel to STOP; Israeli settlers attack aid trucks again; Pope calls Gaza every night; Al Awda Hospital hangs by a thread; demand for ICC to…

According to a report published by the Palestine Chronicle, the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Major General Herzi Halevi has reminded his troops that Tel Aviv was in a “prolonged”…

On Wednesday, Day 229 of the genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, across the…

Updated: On Wednesday, Day 229 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of  various parts of the destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling across the destroyed, besieged, and devastated coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including women and children. The army…

Just two weeks after banning Al Jazeera, the largest media network in the Arab world, and the main one reporting live from Gaza, Israeli forces are now trying to shut…

On Tuesday, Day 228 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various…

Israeli airstrikes continued throughout the day and night on Monday, day 227 of the Israeli attack on Gaza. Four Palestinians were among those killed this evening, Monday, in an Israeli…

Since the Israeli military closed the Rafah border crossing on May 6th, no supplies have been able to enter the Gaza Strip. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros…

On Saturday, Day 225 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated, destroyed, and besieged Gaza Strip, killing and wounding…

On Saturday, Day 225 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed many Palestinians and injured many more, in several parts…

On Friday afternoon and evening, Israeli forces continued their assault on northern and southern Gaza. A full count of the number killed on Friday has not been made, as the…

Israel prepares a large-scale attack on Rafah, after massive destruction in the north and massive loss of life; aid orgs running out of medical supplies, food; West Bank also under…

On Wednesday afternoon and at night, on Day 223 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded scores more, including…

On Thursday, Day 223 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, and injured many more, including women and children, in several parts of the Gaza…

The Israeli assault on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza continued Wednesday night. Reporter Motasem Dalloul reported: Israel occupation forces are currently inside the refugee camp and there is…

On Wednesday, Day 222 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the Gaza-European Hospital in Khan Younis,…

On Wednesday, Day 222 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured at dawn and Wednesday morning,…

Throughout the day on Tuesday, Israeli troops continued their bombardment of Rafah, the city sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians – after dropping leaflets telling the already displaced Palestinians…

(Jerusalem, May 14, 2024) By Human Rights Watch:  – Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups…

On Day 220, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various areas in the destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, an international UN worker, a Palestinian UN…

On Monday, Day 220 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many…

from mondoweiss.net As Israel presses on its persecution of civilians in Gaza, the good news is that a strong movement has emerged in the United States against the genocide, and this movement is…

The Israeli bombing of Rafah continued throughout the day and evening on Sunday, day 219 of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip – bringing the official death toll to…

This week Palestinian Evangelical Lutheran pastor Reverend Munther Isaac gave a very compelling talk at a mosque in South Africa, calling on the world, people of every religion, to take…

As US blocks heavy weapons, Israel expands its attack of Rafah. Biden administration reports that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza “likely violated international humanitarian law”. Food catastrophe looms…

Two civilians were killed in the evening in a missile bombardment carried out by the Israeli occupation warplanes on the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. A correspondent with the…

On Friday throughout the day and night, Israeli bombardment continued in the already decimated Gaza Strip, killing Palestinian families and children, as the Israeli bombs have done every single day…

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said on Thursday that no one has been allowed to enter or leave the Gaza Strip for…

Biden administration pauses shipment of deadliest bombs to Israel; new mass grave holds at least 49 Palestinian bodies; Rafah’s largest hospital shuts down as a result of Israeli invasion, as…

On Thursday Day 216 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, largely women and children, and wounded many more, in…

On Wednesday, the Israeli army expanded its offensive and ground invasion of Rafah and fired barrages of missiles and shells at tall buildings in several parts of the city, in…

On Wednesday, Day 215 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many children and…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army intensified the bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in the Southport area of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens…

On Tuesday, day 214 of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, 21 Palestinians, including children and women, have been killed in the Israeli shelling of separate areas in the Gaza Strip,…

On Monday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in addition to Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and several…

The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may…

Updated: Israeli bombardment on all parts of the Gaza Strip continued on Monday morning, the 213th day of the Israeli military invasion of the Gaza Strip. 22 Palestinian civilians were…

On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…

On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including…

by Tareq S. Hajjaj, mondoweiss.net Those who survived Israel’s deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza’s displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of…

On Friday, day 210 of Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued bombing the Gaza Strip, including the 1.5 million internally displaced Palestinians currently forced to shelter in…

On Thursday, Day 109 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including women and…

Updated: On Thursday, Day 209 of Israel’s aggression against the people of Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more in central, eastern and southern Gaza. The…

On Wednesday, Day 208 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens, and injured hundreds, in various parts of the destroyed…

On Wednesday, the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip entered its 208th day, amid Israeli warplanes and artillery bombardment of residential squares and the vicinity of shelters, especially in the…

On Monday, April 29th, the Israeli military continued its relentless assault on the people of the Gaza Strip for the 206th straight day. In a pre-dawn attack, Israeli artillery shelling…

On Day 205 on the ongoing Israeli bombing and genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…

Throughout the morning, afternoon and evening on Saturday, day 203 of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, Israeli bombardment in north, central and southern Gaza continued. On Saturday afternoon, the Israeli army…

Five Palestinian civilians were killed on Friday evening, in the shelling of the central and southern Gaza Strip. A correspondent with the Wafa news agency said that the Israeli occupation…

On Thursday, day 202 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians many more, in various parts of…

On Thursday, Day 202 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many…

On Day 201 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing dozens and…

On Wednesday, Day 201 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more, in…

On Tuesday, day 200 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds in several…

Another shameless moment for Blinken, even as he reveals a long list of Israeli human rights abuses; over 300 Gazan bodies discovered in mass graves; Israel prepping for invasion of…

Following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the al-Shifa Hospital in central Gaza, and the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, Palestinian rescue crews have gone in to…

On Monday, Day 199, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the besieged and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, and wounding many more,…

On Monday, Day 199 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza…

On Sunday, Day 198 of Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…

A family of three: father, toddler and pregnant mother were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the Shaboura camp in the center of the city of…

GENEVA, Friday, April 19, 2024 (WAFA) – UN independent human rights experts have raised alarm over the “systematic destruction” of the Palestinian education system in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s…

On Friday, day 196 of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, Israeli attacks continued on Palestinian civilians in northern, central and southern Gaza, beginning before dawn and continuing throughout the day…

On Thursday, Day 195 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing of various parts of the coastal enclave,…

Earlier Thursday, the Israeli army intensified the bombing of various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, especially in Gaza City and central Gaza Strip.…

On Wednesday, day 194 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and famished Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women…

On Wednesday, Day 194 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in various parts of the destroyed, devastated, and isolated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and…

By Sami Abu Salem, GAZA, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – As news spread of some displaced individuals successfully crossing the Israeli army barrier on the coastal Al-Rashid Road in…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the starved and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children. Medical…

GENEVA, Thursday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced about 1.7 million Palestinians were forcibly displaced inside the Gaza Strip due to the…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Mass graves containing Palestinian bodies found in multiple Gaza locations; released Gazan prisoners report abuse by Israeli forces; humanitarians face “hostile” environment, Israel breaking promise to…

Day 190 Update: According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, Israeli troops committed 4 massacres against families in Gaza, killing 43 Palestinian civilians, and injuring 62 others in the…

US official finally uses the f-word (famine); Iran retaliation for provocative Israeli attack possibly this weekend; Washington Post lists Gaza aid items Israel has rejected; Israel assassinates head of police…